Taiji Hotta

Last Updated :2024/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
The IDEC Institute, Professor
E-mail
hottahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan 739-8524, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-6284 FAX : (+81)82-424-6284
Self-introduction
I have mainly in charge of overviewing various kinds of student exchange affairs at Hiroshima University. As for research, currently, I have been conducting a research on the development of an aligned credit transfer and other educational systems in Asian higher education.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Illinois
  • M.A., University of Illinois

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Education;Education

Research Keywords

  • Development of World Higher Education
  • Study of Educational Development
  • Student Mobility
  • Educational Exchanges
  • Comparative Education
  • Internationalization of Higher Education
  • Educational Development in Africa
  • Study Abroad
  • Educational Policy Studies
  • Comparative Education

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Field Studies
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Overseas Field Studies： Advanced
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, The Independent Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Study on International Issues and Challenges
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, The Independent Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Study on International Issues and Challenges
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Advanced Study on Japanese Companies and Social Entrepreneurship
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, History of Japanese Educational Development
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Development of Higher Education

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Japanese Educational Assistant to Developing Countries, Comparative Education Review, 476-490, 19910401
    Repository URL
  2. ★, A Proposal to establish a funding agancy to support interantional students in Japan, Journal of International Development (in Japan), 6-13, 19880401
  3. Educational Reform in Cote d’Ivoire and Possibility of Japanese Assistance, Journal of International Coperation in Education., 1(1), 125, 19980401
  4. European Student Mobility in ERASMUS, Bulletin of the Institute for International Education= Hiroshima University, 31-45, 20010401
  5. Survey Research on the Japanese Students’ Interests and Expectations towards Study Abroad Programs in Asia, 19990401
  6. Education Exchange System and Current Activities of Student Mobility in European Higher Education under the ERASMUS, 102-137, 20010401
  7. ★, The Development of Asian Academic Credits as An Aligned Credit Transfer System in Asian Higher Education, Journal of Studies in International Education, First Published online, 1-23, 201901
    Link to Paper Search Results by DOI

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Towards Interregional Credit Transfer – Credit Transfer Systems of Asia and Europe, HOTTA, Taiji, the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Dialogue, 2014/08, With Invitation, English
  2. A Case Study of Japan and Introduction of Asia Academic Credits, HOTTA, Taiji, the 58th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society(CIES)2014, 2014/03, Without Invitation, English, The Comparative and International Education Society, Washinton, DC, published
  3. Possibilities of ACFTA (Academic Credit Transfer Framework for Asia) for Student Mobility in Asia, HOTTA, Taiji, The Sophia-AIMS International Symposium, 2014, With Invitation, English, Sophia University, Sophia University, preprint
  4. The Impact of Bologna Process to Asian Higher Education: Development of Asian Academic Credits (AACs) and Student Mobility with Learning Outcomes, HOTTA, Taiji, the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2) projects- Joint Workshop, 2014, With Invitation, English, Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2) projects universities and the Cambodian Commission of Higher Education, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  5. Current Credit Transfer System in Japanese Universities, HOTTA, Taiji, the SEAMEO-RIHED Agenda Workshop 2, 2012/11, With Invitation, English, SEAMEO-RIHED (Southeast Minister of Education Organization-Research Institute of Higher Education and Development), Bangkok, Thailand
  6. The Importance of Permeable Framework in Asian Higher Education: Introduction of ACC (Asian common credit) and three new challenges, HOTTA, Taiji, the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) International Conference, 2012/03, With Invitation, English, The Thai Commission of Higher Education and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)-ASEM International Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand
  7. Comparative Study of the Bologna Process in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Italy: Values and Dilemmas of Transformations, HOTTA, Taiji, the 55th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society(CIES)2011, 2011/05, With Invitation, English, Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada
  8. Credit Transfer System in Non-MGS Countries + Thailand: Current CTS Use in Japanese Universities, HOTTA, Taiji, the SEAMEO-RIHED Agenda Workshop 1, With Invitation, English, SEAMEO-RIHED (Southeast Minister of Education Organization-Research Institute of Higher Education and Development)